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Charles Darwin's debt to the romantics : how Alexander von Humboldt, Goethe and Wordsworth helped shape Darwin's view of nature by Charles Morris Lansley is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Charles Darwin's debt to the romantics : how Alexander von Humboldt, Goethe and Wordsworth helped shape Darwin's view of nature about?
This book argues that the Romantic movement influenced Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection. Given that Darwin has traditionally been placed within Victorian naturalism, these Romantic connections have often been overlooked. The book cleverly follows Darwin's narrative in a search for traces of history in both science and poetry.
Who reads Charles Darwin's debt to the romantics : how Alexander von Humboldt, Goethe and Wordsworth helped shape Darwin's view of nature?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Morris Lansley
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781787071384
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Biology, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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